Beer of Tomorrow

Monthly: October 2013

The singularity holding the universe of craft beer together is personal preference, and it is important to know your own tastes so you can work to refine or expand them. The Favorite-Five series of posts highlights the Beer of Tomorrow writer’s favorite things.

I love love love a good cheeseburger. There are countless variations on the American classic, from the no-frills epitome of the fast food burger from In-N-Out to the elevated gastropub masterpiece that is Sang Yoon’s Father’s Office Burger, and in my mind, the only thing that goes better than fries with a juicy burger is a craft beer. In Los Angeles, we are spoiled with an ever growing number of eateries offering excellent burgers and a compelling craft beer list to get your burger+beer fix.

After extensive, ahem, research these are my top five places to get the best burgers and the best beers.

It’s happened to all of us at one point. Sitting in the pub with a friend-or-two and a pint-or-three and the conversation peters out. You spy a tattered box of Jenga or Sorry and think, “oh hell. why not” and soon enough you’re reminded why you never play boardgames anymore. They may give you something to do while enjoying a brew, but they’re just not as fun as you remember.

It isn’t your fault, but you’ve been doing it wrong. Read on and we will help you fix it with a new event in November.

Prust! This Saturday, October 19th there are a couple of craft beer focused Oktoberfest-style events happening around Los Angeles! Conveniently, all those pop-up Halloween super-stores also carry lederhosen and dirndl, so grab some garb and raise your stien! Read more →

After I wrote a short piece for the LA Times Daily Dish that covered the difference between wet hops, dry hops, and fresh hops, I was asked to go on The Tasting Room with Tom Leykis to talk about the hop harvest and what fresh hops mean for craft beer. I want to expand on some of the ideas we touched on in the short segment, and offer a little more background for any listeners of the show that are finding Beer of Tomorrow for the first time.

It is hop harvest time in North America, and that means it’s time for wet hopped and fresh hopped beers to hit stores and draughts. It is also a great time to take a look at why the hop harvest is important to beer culture, and what exactly all these different hops mean for the new brews. Read more →